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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-something-to-joke-about dept.

One of the sisters who has been sentenced to be repeatedly raped because her brother eloped with a woman from a higher caste has said she cannot return home because she fears village elders will want to take revenge on her.

An illegal jury, composed of male upper caste Baghpat village elders, reportedly ordered the gang rape of Meenakshi Kumari, 23, and her 15-year-old sister after their brother Ravi eloped with a married woman, known only as Krishna, from a higher caste.

Ms Kumari, fearing for their lives, petitioned India's Supreme Court for protection. The case brought international attention after an Amnesty International petition to save the two girls from the punishment garnered more than 200,000 signatures.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:52AM (#231587)
    She shouldn't return anyway to such a fucked up place.

    It's not likely the police can get any witnesses to testify against the village elders ("he said she said"). So what could they do given a limited budget? Maybe if her sister is raped there would be actual evidence.
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @06:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @06:08AM (#231592)

    > She shouldn't return anyway to such a fucked up place.

    Duh. If only life were that easy.

    That's the only place she has family. Given just how backward the village is, she probably doesn't have much more than 5th-grade education. What are her options? Having no support network makes her vulnerable to all kinds predations too.